When I said that your besetting sin was Indolence and mine Pride I was thinking of the old classification of the seven deadly sins.
“The seven sins are Gula (Gluttony), Luxuria (Unchastity), Accidia (Indolence), Ira (Anger), Superbia (Pride), Invidia (Envy), Avaritia (Avarice), Accidia, which is sometimes called Tristitia (despondence) is the kind of indolence which comes from indifference to the good—the mood in which though it tries to play on us we have no string to respond.
Pride, on the other hand, is the mother of all sins, and the original sin of Lucifer—so you are rather better off than I am. You at your worst are an instrument unstrung: I am an instrument strung but preferring to play itself because it thinks it knows the tune better than the Musician.” C.L. Lewis
Just remember this, “Pride goeth before the fall”. It is the gateway sin and one of the most pernicious of human failings. Pride blinds us, then drives us to act in ways that further blinds us and confuses our path.
So, today let each of us recognize our false pride as the enemy, the servant of the adversary and the obstacle that blocks us from the light of truth. Overcoming false pride is simply a matter of turning our will over to God. Then the light of truth will shine and it will not be overcome by the darkness.
Shine on,
Z gardener
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